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- Dictionaryunreliable/ʌnrɪˈlʌɪəbl/
adjective
- 1. not able to be relied upon: "he's lazy and unreliable" Similar Opposite
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not able to be trusted or believed: The bus service is unreliable. unreliable evidence. Opposite. reliable. Fewer examples. Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers. "He's so unreliable!" she said crossly. Managers had complained that the workers were lazy and unreliable.
Unreliable definition: not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.. See examples of UNRELIABLE used in a sentence.
The meaning of UNRELIABLE is not reliable : undependable, untrustworthy. How to use unreliable in a sentence.
not able to be trusted or believed: The bus service is unreliable. unreliable evidence. Opposite. reliable. Fewer examples. Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers. "He's so unreliable!" she said crossly. Managers had complained that the workers were lazy and unreliable.
If you describe a person, machine, or method as unreliable, you mean that you cannot trust them to do or provide what you want.
Someone unreliable can't be trusted to do something. Things can be unreliable too, like a bike with a wobbly wheel. The word "rely" is a clue to what unreliable means. When you can rely on something, you can count in it — it's reliable.
unreliable - not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"
Definition of unreliable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
unreliable. adjective. uk / ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbl / us. Add to word list Add to word list. B2. not able to be trusted or depended on: an unreliable witness. The trains were noisy, dirty, and unreliable. (Definition of unreliable from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
not to be relied or depended on. un - 1 + reliable 1830–40. un′re•li′a•bil′i•ty, un′re•li′a•ble•ness, n. un′re•li′a•bly, adv. undependable, irresponsible, untrustworthy. 'unreliable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
